My Birthday--Again!!!

Hey, it's July 2nd and guess what, it's my birthday (again!!) Now, I'm THREE!








Here's my official birthday pictures.

Notice, in one I look kind of queasy....
It's been hot here and I didn't feel like eating the nice breakfast my owner, Lois. fixed for me this morning.
She teaches art classes and after the art class was over this morning, I felt more like eating. Now I want more!
Yesterday I grabbed a chocolate cookie that had fallen to the floor. I was so quick, Lois didn't get a chance to get it first. It was really good! I know chocolate is bad for dogs. I felt OK, though (it was a very little cookie!)

If there is a moral to this story, it is, you have to keep all that bad stuff away from your pets--stuff like chocolate and raisins.
And be careful what toys you buy for your dog. Lois got me a ball with a squeeker in it and I quickly chewed it out and nearly ate it. I could have choked on it, but she saw what I was doing and quickly to it away!
I sometimes wonder what has happened to the dog that was next door. I hope she's OK. It's really hot here again, and I hope she is in a shady yard with plenty of water and soft grass and stuff to lay on.

Agility Videos

Yeah, well let me tell you about me in Agility Class. I pretty much do what I want, but I have fun!
Sometimes everybody says, "Charley! Stop that!"
I think they don't like it that I run around the agility yard and have so much fun.


Here's the notorious April 29th video showing some of the dogs in the Agility class, including me being my normal, sassy self.

Hey, the weather's gettin' better. Even though I was zooming again in Agility (so were the other dogs!) I got to go to the beach with my owner, Lois. Did I explain zooming? It's when a dog is off the leash, the owner asks the dog to jump a hurdle, climb an A-frame, jump through a tire, or whatever and the dog just takes off--like me! Sometimes I just get so excited and the other dogs being there just adds to it! I'm slowly beginning to realize, I don't get treats for zooming, running around the Agility yard like crazy. So, then I go back to work.


Anyway, here's a video of me at the beach with my owner, Lois. Oh boy, did we have fun!

They're gone! The dog in the cage next door has disappeared. The family moved all of their stuff out and, well, they're gone!
My owner, Lois, still talks about the dog, Coco. It is going down to 20 degrees tonight, she says. That's pretty cold for North Carolina, I guess. I haven't been groomed for a while, so my coat is nice and thick. I really don't like the cold, though. And I don't like the snow coming down like it did this morning. I kept jumping up and trying to eat the snowflakes. They disappeared in my mouth!

Speaking of jumping up, I did really well in Agility today. At least, that's what they all said. For me, it was a lot of fun, pretty much like usual. I guess they liked that I didn't run around the Agility Yard too much. And I got so interested that when they were talking, I just did some things by myself--for fun! I jumped through the tire, I climbed the A-Frame, I jumped a couple hurdles and I ran through some tunnels.

I like Agility! And everybody gave me lots of treats. My owner, Lois, has a hard time keeping up with me. There was talk of a "handler." (?)

Can't wait for the next Agility thing!

It's pretty cold out there in the yard, even for North Carolina! My friend next door has a chain link kennel, a dog house and some plywood around to stop the wind. Lately I've hear her coughing and my owner looked through the slats of the fence. She said the dog was breathing heavily. Our neighbors don't pay much attention to her. She get some water and food is all I know. She barks sometimes and looks really lonely. She's an older dog. I hope I don't end up like that when I am older.

My owner is upset again, about the dog. Then, she mentioned the ASPCA. Maybe they can do something...

Snoozy

It's been a long day, what with Agility and chasing the ball. I need my beauty sleep....

Hi, well it's the new year, I guess. I did really well in Agility class today. You know that my owner, Lois and I have been consigned to private classes because I was so disruptive in the regular Intermediate class with originally signed up for.

So, when I get there, the trainer tells me to "Go play," and I run around really fast to get all of my energy out. Then, I settle down to do the tunnels, the hurdles, the teeter, the a frame and all that good stuff which I really love to do, once I am focused!

I did really well today. I went out up down the A frame three times and then some more on my own because I loved it so. I did the tunnel and the tunnel with the sleeve well, too. Even though it is January, it was pretty warm this morning and what with my big poodle coat on, I got hot!

Lois says she will take videos of me doing the agility yard soon, so you all can see them!

Coco next door is still in her pen and is very sad. My owner's friend convinced her owners that she needed some straw in her dog house for when it gets really cold. She brought to bags of straw for Coco. We can't tell if they put it in the dog house because they've got plywood up all over her pen.

I hope she is all right.